The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-23
SOMETHING ABOUT BALD HEADS.
A Physician States Alarming Facts Abov
Badness and Gives q Remedy.

Physician States Alarming Facts About
Badness and Gives a Remedy.
New York Mail and Express
BALD headed men die sooner than those who
possess full head of hair" said physician to a
reporter, the other day. Then, doctor, your
life is shortened" interposed the reporter.
Il have adopted protector. you see-the
skull-cap. If l have hair to cover my
Uranium, do the next best thing, and use a
warm cap. 1 never go bald headed, no matter
where l am. and by that means l never
take cold. The majority Of men who have
bald heads wear nothing to protect the exposed
surface, not even wig. The result is many of
them take cold and 60 off with pneumonia or
contract some deep-seated disease like bron-
chits or consumption. Yet if I told bald
headed man to wear something warm on the ex-
posed spot he would, nine times out of ten, pay
no attention to my warning. 1t is growing
cause Of Increased mortality and deserves
great attention both from scientists and en-
pirical laymen. Bald heads the sign posts
of high 9sthetical civilization and at
the same time the epitaphs of physical degen-
Grafton. Luxury, ease, comfort high living and
hereditary characteristics have to be taken into
consideration when analy zing the problem of bald
heads. If the future is to be devoid of hair,
then il must necessarily be a short-lived one,
because more susceptible to sickness. l have
noted many cases of pneumonia, and where
the patient is a male over forty years old
the proportion is over one-haf in favor of
being baldheaded. Whenever I have bald
headed patient L never rest until ne consents to
wear a skull cap. If the hair was no protec-
ton to man he would have been created without
any, and his skin made thick and tough to
stand tho weather. The wise provisions made
to insure perfect physical comfort never con-
templated period in the worlds history when
man should go about with his head slick as a
peeled onion. The man who does it repeatedly
sooner later pays the penalty.
''Casar was bald in his last days. and shielded
his Uranium by wearing a crown. In those days,
when hats were not worn, few people were bald.
and those who were attempted to conceal the
fact. 1t is said that Caesar wore the crown to
hide his bald head. and it may be added correct
~ that he did it for comfort as we'll. Women dc
not suffer from the exposure of bald heads be-
cause they wear false head rigging which gen
orally protects the scalp. Then females are not
predisposed to badness as males. Nature has
given them An abundance of hair, and those
who grow bald have some kind of skin trouble
Yet there are more bald headed women than the
world imagnes. Ny argument against going
about with the scalp exposed is merely from
hygienic point of view, and not because of any
false notions about how it makes person look
Old men, middle-aged men, eilded youth and un
fortunate womankind, if you are bald, dom
| grieve over the inevitable. but wear something
warm and upon all occasions. Your days viii
be longer in the land, and your progeny will b,
| less apt to inherit the hairless tendency"